Lain Playground News Today

From rooftop films and outdoor festivals to live jazz and body painting, there are seemingly endless options for the June 19 holiday across the five boroughs.

As mentioned in our “Morning Reads,” Mayor de Blasio is announcing this morning that the city will be spending $130 million to improve small parks in low income neighborhoods. The mayor’s office has not released the complete funding list just yet, but we have some additional details about the impact on the Lower East Side. […]

Sol Lain Playground. Photo: NYC Parks. In October, Mayor de Blasio announced his Community Parks Initiative, a plan to spend $130 million to renovate small parks in low-income neighborhoods. Sol Lain Playground, at East Broadway and Henry streets, is one of three Lower East Side parks set for a face lift. Tonight, there’s a community visioning session scheduled in the Family Medical Care Center at 40 Montgomery St. It will be held from 6-8 p.m. $3.3 million has been allocated for the Sol Lain...

Construction crews are busy putting the finishing touches on Sol Lain Playground. That’s because there will be an official reopening of the well-used public space Monday, after a $3.6 million renovation project. There will be a community celebration and ribbon cutting Monday at 1 p.m. The rehabilitation, through the city’s Community Parks Initiative, included the creation of separate play areas for different age groups, swings, a spray shower, a high school-sized basketball court, an area f...

More to come following the mayor’s press conference… UPDATE 12:45 P.M. For more details about the mayor’s new Community Parks Initiative, click here.  A few points that caught our eye: “More than 70 new seasonal recreational programming and maintenance staff will activate and improve parks in all Community Parks Initiative communities.” “NYC  Parks will rebuild 35 community parks. Each of these capital – or major physical improvement – projects will be developed with communit...